When PSG travels to La Havre AC on Sunday, they will want to maintain their position atop the Ligue 1 standings. Currently, PSG leads OFC Nice by one point in the rankings after 13 games, while La Havre is well behind in eighth place with just 16 points. Playing against a La Havre team that has won their past five games, Paris Saint-Germain will try to extend their league-best record on Sunday. The team has won six straight games in league play.
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How to watch La Havre AC vs. Paris Saint-Germain:
When does that contest begin? Is it available on TV? — The game on Sunday starts at 7:00 a.m. EST. It will be televised on beIN SPORTS.
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ADDITIONAL PSG RESEARCH THROUGH THE Associated Press:
GENEVA (AP) — A video review official was removed from his Champions League match on Wednesday, one day after he was heavily involved in the controversial decision to award Paris Saint-Germain a stoppage-time penalty for handball against Newcastle, which defied UEFA’s own advice to referees.
The Polish VAR specialist Tomasz Kwiatkowski is no longer expected to work at the Real Sociedad-Salzburg game; a German match official has taken his position.
After a ball struck Newcastle defender Tino Livramento in the chest and bounced off his arm, Kylian Mbappé scored in the eighth minute of stoppage time on Tuesday in Paris to rescue a 1-1 draw. Polish referee Szymon Marciniak subsequently awarded a penalty after a VAR review.
With Kwiatkowski on his side, Marciniak officiated the 2022 World Cup final as well as the Champions League final from the previous season. Marciniak first paused Tuesday’s play, but after his video assistant advised a review of the incident on the pitchside monitor, he was issued the penalty.
A group of renowned UEFA coaches and former players declared in April that “no handball offense should be called on a player if the ball is previously deflected from his own body, and, in particular, when the ball does not go towards the goal.”
Under the title “UEFA Football Board urges more clarity on handball rule,” the panel—which is led by UEFA Chief of Football Zvonimir Boban—detailed the guidelines that referees ought to adhere to this season in a statement issued on April 25.
The former great of Croatia and AC Milan, Boban, stated in April that “the handball rule, for example, will always be disputed, but we can make it more consistent and aligned with the game’s true nature.”
In accordance with its policy of not discussing field of play decisions, UEFA declined to comment on Wednesday.
Even in situations when the touch was unintentional and even after a deflection if the defender’s arm is judged to be in an unnatural posture, the current rules of the game allow the penalty of handballs.
After the game, Newcastle manager Eddie Howe stated, “But his hand is not in an unnatural position; (his hands) are down by his side, but he is in a running motion.”
Livramento was struck by an Ousmane Dembélé cross that was traveling backward rather than forward toward the goal.
The penalty call in the PSG match had an immediate impact on the standings in the fiercely competitive Group F, keeping PSG two points ahead of Newcastle in second place behind group leader Borussia Dortmund for the round of 16 qualifiers.
Howe remarked, “I think it was a bad choice, and we’re really frustrated because we know how little time is left in the game.” “At this time, there is nothing we can do about it.”
Newcastle’s next task is to defeat AC Milan at home on December 13 and hope that PSG loses at Dortmund. The squad in second place progresses to the round of 16 of the Champions League, while the squad in third place moves to the Europa League knockout stages.